Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work

Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work documents the artist’s earliest prints in intaglio techniques, followed by his subsequent work in lithography, which dominates much of the content. Karl Lunde, art historian and professor at William Patterson College, observes: "In his prints he portrays a world of restorative quiet, a contemplative solitude hard to achieve in contemporary life, a quiet marshalling of energies exactly paralleled by the very process by which the works are achieved. Through subtle landscapes he shows us what is means to be a human being.” The artist’s first 208 editions are documented, including image size, printing details, number and types of impressions, dimensions of the image area, and publisher, when relevant.

This book is out of print. It was published both as a trade edition and a signed and numbered deluxe edition of 160 plus 20 artist’s proofs in a custom slipcase, including two signed lithographs: Shadows and mists and Four trees (1979), color lithographs, 5 x 5 inches each.